Sharon Stone, who survived a life-threatening stroke in 2001, engages with spiritual realms and taps into ‘universal consciousness’ to fuel her creative process.

At 67, Stone is navigating an ‘artistic journey’ that bridges her acting career with her passion for painting, drawing inspiration from ethereal connections to craft her artwork.

In a conversation with Extra, the renowned Hollywood star shared, “This channel opened up significantly because I lost many family members in swift succession over the past three and a half years.”

She revealed, “I truly sense a higher consciousness communicating with me. These portraits emerged as entities that conversed with me.”

During the interview, the Euphoria actress became tearful while expressing her compulsion to express gratitude to the spirits once her paintings are complete.

Sharon Stone talks to spirits and embraces ‘universal consciousness’ to inspire her artwork. Seen on January 9

Reflecting on the experience, the Basic Instinct star remarked, “It’s incredibly special when they permit me to glimpse their soul…”

‘Because I believe in universal consciousness, I do believe that someone has allowed me into their consciousness so that I could paint this portrait of someone that I don’t know. I feel so blessed.’

Stone noted that one particularly impactful piece titled Him was inspired by a spirit who took a while to really open up.

She said: ‘Eventually, when he started talking to me, it was so traumatic, and he started telling me that he drowned in a ship where he was chained in the hull of this ship…

‘When I painted him and I experienced this trauma of him being chained and drowning and unable to get out of his chains, it was so upsetting to make this painting.’

The piece was one of several put on display for her Rogues Gallery series.

A statement for the project last month teased: ‘These never-before-seen works created by Stone are powerful, haunting portraits of the spirits of people from different eras that she recently started to channel while painting.

The 67-year-old star has been going through an ‘artistic journey’ between acting and painting, and for the latter she has found herself communicating with the unknown to help create her pieces; seen in 2025

Stone achieved breakout fame in the 1992 hit Basic Instinct opposite Michael Douglas 

For Him in particular, Sharon admitted the ghost had ‘a very hard time’ opening up.

She added at the time: He was an enslaved person who drowned in the East China Sea on a slave ship.

‘He had a very hard time talking to me, because as an enslaved person he was not allowed to talk openly and freely. He had me experience his drowning with him.’

Stone kept her mother’s death secret for months because she wanted to be able to process her feelings in private.

The movie star went public with the sad news in July 2025 – four months after Dorothy passed away in March at the age of 91 – and she revealed she wanted time to grieve before she told the world about the family tragedy.

She told the Guardian newspaper: ‘Mom, Dot, actually died a few months ago, but I was only ready to tell the public about it now because I always get my mad feelings first when people die …

‘[It was] a little bit of anger and a little bit of: ‘I didn’t f****** need you anyway,’ you know! …

She told Extra: ‘I think this channel really opened because so many of my members of my family died and they died really rapidly in these last maybe three and a half years. ‘I genuinely hear this higher consciousness speak to me. When these portraits started coming through, they really talked to me.’ Seen in 2022

Stone noted that one particularly impactful piece titled Him was inspired by a spirit who took a while to really open up. She said: ‘Eventually, when he started talking to me, it was so traumatic, and he started telling me that he drowned in a ship where he was chained in the hull of this ship…’

‘Mom wasn’t of a sunny disposition. She was hilarious, but she said terrible things to me. Dot swore like a Portuguese dock worker.’

The Sliver actress went on to reveal the last few days of her mother’s life were tough as she battled ‘delirium’.

She explained: ‘[Mom] said: ‘I’m going to kick you in the c***,’ to me probably 40 times in the last five days. But that was her delirium.

‘And when the last thing your mother says to you before she dies is: ‘You talk too much, you make me want to commit suicide,’ and the whole rooms laughs, you think: that’s a hard one to go out on, Mom!

‘But that’s how she was. This lack of ability to find tenderness and peace within herself …

‘She was desperately afraid that when she died her mother and father would be there. She didn’t want to die, because she didn’t want to see them, because they were so awful.

‘So I convinced her that I had put them in jail and they were not going to be there. She was in such hell. Nobody comes through this life intact. So why do we pretend that one does?’

The looker previously confirmed her mom’s death in an emotional social media post, which read: ‘My hilarious, complex mother died. A product of the last depression, let’s NOT do this again. Let’s protect and care.’

Stone kept her mother’s death secret for months because she wanted to be able to process her feelings in private. The star went public with the sad news in July 2025 – four months after Dorothy passed away in March at the age of 91

Photographed with 1970s Hollywood icon Susan Blakely, left, at the 2026 Annual Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP at Beverly Wilshire on January 10

The Hollywood star previously described her mother’s parenting style as ‘tough’ and explained that feminism was among ‘the rules of my household’.

Speaking at the Zurich Film Festival in 2021, Sharon recalled asking Dorothy: ‘Why (do) you never let me lean on you?’ She said: ‘Because I taught you to stand on your two goddamn feet.”

However, the actress explained that she later came to appreciate the tough love from her mother.

She said: ‘She gave me the most loving, the most concerted thing a mother can give another woman. I didn’t understand it when I was young, but at 15, in college, and later modelling in New York and Milan, it became a gift.’

SHARON STONE THE PAINTER 

BY HEIDI PARKER

 

Sharon Stone has been acting her whole adult life in films such as Basic Instinct, Casino and shows such as Ratched and The Flight Attendant.

But now the performer has been devoting much of her time to another craft: painting.

The passion to paint hit her many years ago, but now the blonde bombshell has shown off her studio, which is a large room inside her Beverly Hills mansion.

Sharon Stone has been acting her whole adult life in films such as Basic Instinct, Casino and shows such as Ratched and The Flight Attendant. But now the performer has been devoting much of her time to another craft: painting

Stone shared images to Instagram inN 2022 where she was at work on a large canvas using bright colors in her home studio

On Monday the former Playboy cover girl shared images to Instagram where she was at work on a large canvas using bright colors.

‘Welcome to my studio,’ the mother of three wrote in her caption as she wore a white shirt, black shorts and socks while painting.

The room was large with high ceilings. There was a table behind her with several bottles of paint as well as tissues and brushes. 

Soon after she shared a slideshow of photos, some images featuring her work. One painting was called Blue. ‘LOVEEEEEE,’ she noted in her caption.

The bombshell has shown off her studio, which is a large room inside her Beverly Hills mansion

The Playboy cover girl shared images to Instagram where she was at work on a large canvas using bright colors. ‘Welcome to my studio,’ the mother of three wrote in her caption as she wore a white shirt, black shorts and socks while painting

She has been documenting her painting skills all year long.

In March 2021, the movie star showed off progress she made on a watercolor painting she was working on after telling her Instagram followers.

She said she was giving the hobby a try on a larger scale.

And one day later, Stone showed off the completed stunning artwork she made – revealing that she painted the impressive piece with makeup brushes.

The legendary actress called the piece ‘Mother Earth’ as she thanked makeup brand Iconic London for their brushes.

One painting was called Blue. ‘LOVEEEEEE,’ she noted in her caption

The Pennsylvania native shared this piece called Music. It’s 4×4

And this painting is called Seneca Village featuring 10 shades of gray

This image shows a red background with gray/silver spots

The stunning artwork featured a sky detail with rolling hills and a rocky terrain.

Sharon captioned it: ‘OK NOW I really did finish it. Done: Mother Earth.’

She added: ‘I’d like to thank @iconic.london make-up brushes. I used them on this painting.’

One day prior, Sharon shared the progress of her painting as she worked on it, with the first image what it looked like.

She wrote: ‘Giving large scale watercolors a try. 1. 2/28 I worked on it some more. I think it’s better now. 2. 2/27.’

After showing her impressive artwork, the multi-talented star shared an adorable snap of her dog Bandit Stone and his girlfriend Abby.

Wow: Stone showed off the completed stunning artwork she made – revealing that she painted the impressive piece with makeup brushes – in 2021